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Dreams from My Real Father (2012)

This fascinating narrative is based in part on 2 years of research, interviews, newly unearthed footage and photos, and the writings of Davis and Obama himself. Dreams from My Real Father weaves together the proven facts with reasoned logic and speculation in an attempt to fill-in the obvious gaps in Obama's history. Is this the story Barack Obama should have told, revealing his true agenda for "fundamentally transforming America?" Director Joel Gilbert concludes, "To understand Obama’s plans for America, the question is ’Who is the real father?’"

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Top billed cast

Frank Marshall DavisSelf
Ann DunhamSelf
Stanley DunhamSelf
Barack ObamaSelf
Michelle ObamaSelf
Bill AyersSelf
Ted AyersSelf

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